Black & white illus. [32] pp. 12mo, beige printed wrappers. Cologne: Salon Verlag, 1999.
Signed copy of this Christian Boltanski (1944-2022) photographic artist’s book, from an edition of 1000. The artist has signed on the inside of the upper wrapper. Fine.
❧ B. Calle, ed., Christian Boltanski, Livres d’Artiste: 1969-2007 (2008), p. 106. More
Woodcut vignette on title. Title printed in red & black. 2 p.l., xii, [2], 122 pp., one leaf. 8vo, green morocco, signed “Emile Rousselle,” triple gilt fillet round sides, arms in gilt of Isidoro Fernández in center of each cover, spine richly gilt. Paris: A. Aubry, 1873.
One of six copies printed on vellum (of a total edition of 606 copies) of this valuable history of the early art and book collectors of France. Bonnaffé (1825-1903), French scholar and man of letters, wrote many books on art history and the art market as well as catalogues of collections of art... More
101 pp. & colophon. 8vo, illustrated softcover. Montreal: Centre for Expanded Poetics & Anteism, 2021.
First edition, a delightful risograph-printed book edited by Amaranth Borsuk (b. 1981), poet and professor. It includes definitions by Erica Baum, Jen Bervin, Tia Blassingame, Sarah Bodman, Stephen Bury, Steve Clay, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs, Craig Dworkin, Bhanu Kapil, Janice Lee, Steve McCaffery, Scott McCarney, Bea Nettles, Elika Ortega, Lisa Pearson, Michalis Pichler, Tatiani G. Rapatzikou, Kyle Schlesinger, Tate Shaw, Michael Snow, Buzz Spector, Jan Voss, etc., etc.
As new. First printing of 350 copies. More
Engraved frontis.; eight engraved vignettes and head- & tailpieces, 19 finely engraved plates (most folding) & some engravings in the text. 18 p.l., 254, [36] pp. of index & errata. Thick 8vo (160 x 105 mm.), late 18th-cent. marbled boards (extremities a little rubbed & worn). Dresden: [C. G. Nitzsche], 1765.
An important German edition of Bosse’s Traité des manières de graver en Taille douce (1st ed., in French: 1645), considerably augmented for the German audience. This work was translated and published by Carl Gottlieb Nitzsche from the 1745 Cochin edition. The Cochin edition was the first to promote etching... More
Three black & white illus. 9 unnumbered pages. 8vo (210 x 135 mm.), orig. gray printed wrappers (a little sunned), staple-bound. Paris: P. Rosenberg, 1936.
A scarce Braque exhibition catalogue of paintings made since 1931, featuring mostly still lifes along with two nudes. It lists 20 paintings, three of which are illustrated. Rosenberg had lured Braque away from Daniel Henry Kahnweiler and his brother Léonce in 1922. Braque’s first solo exhibition at Paul Rosenberg’s famed gallery on 21, rue la Boëtie took place in 1924. The final page of this catalogue announces future exhibitions for Seurat, Picasso, Monet, Matisse and... More
Many black & white illus. 43 unnumbered pages. 8vo (180 x 128 mm.), orig. printed semi-stiff pictorial wrappers. Munich: Galerie Heiner Friedrich, 1978.
An uncommon catalogue of 26 Broodthaers editions and multiples. With a check-list at the end with information on edition size, medium, and publisher. Each work is illustrated.
In very good condition, with a few tape marks to the lower cover. More
Six illus. [8] leaves. Very, very tall 12mo (394 x 73 mm.), printed semi-stiff wrappers, staple-bound. Nice: Villa Arson, 1995.
Scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s book/exhibition catalogue, published in conjunction with his Villa Arson exhibition (20 January-19 March 1995). Near fine copy; minor scuffing to the lower wrapper.
❧ H. Ruhé, stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More
Details on recto, verso blank. Berlin: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2021.
Posthumous Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) exhibition organized by the haubrok foundation at the KW Institute in Berlin. Fine. More
Printed on recto only. Card. Berlin: haubrok foundation, 2012.
Scarce card made for Brouwn’s 2012 haubrok foundation exhibition. Fine. More
Printed on one side only. Card. Berlin: haubrok foundation, [2018].
Scarce Brouwn exhibition card produced by the haubrok foundation. Fine. More
Printed on both sides. Card. Villeurbanne: Institut d'art contemporain, 2012.
Announcement card for a brouwn (1935-2017) museum exhibition that never occurred. The artist withdrew weeks before the vernissage. Fine. More
Printed on both sides. Postcard. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1970.
Postcard invitation to Stanley Brouwn’s debut show at Konrad Fischer’s gallery.
“Stanley Brouwn’s first of five solo exhibitions at Fischer’s gallery, it opened in December 1970. The artist presented works documenting the number of steps he had taken while wearing a pedometer on his walks through several neighborhoods of Düsseldorf prior to the exhibition. The aspect of movement and the site-specific reference, which were key features in the exhibitions at Konrad Fischer’s gallery at the time, were also central here.”–Cloud & Crystal: The Dorothee and Konrad Fischer Collection (2016 exhib. booklet)... More
Artist’s name on recto, details on verso. Postcard. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1978.
Invitation to Brouwn’s 1978 show, it was held at Konrad Fischer’s Platanenstrasse gallery. In fine condition.
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 145.
Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005) More
Details on verso. Postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1976.
Postcard invitation to Brouwn’s third exhibition with Konrad Fischer. A fine copy, mailed to Hermann Kern of Munich.
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 115.
Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More
Printed on one side. Postcard. Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1977.
Scarce postcard made for Brouwn’s exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bern. Fine.
❧ H. Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More
Printed on both sides. Postcard. Antwerp: Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, 2008.
Postcard invitation to Brouwn’s 2008 show with Szwajcer. Fine. More
Printed on recto only. Small postcard. Berlin: haubrok foundation, 2014.
Scarce card distributed by the haubrok foundation. It is made to measure 1/2 brouwnfuss x 1/10 m (=13 x 10 cm). Fine. More
Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1973.
A scarce uncorrected example of the postcard invitation for Brouwn’s second show at Konrad Fischer. In excellent condition. Mailed to Judith Cahen (b. 1938).
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 74
H. Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005).
B. Tonini, ed., Artists’ Invitations 1965-1985 (2019) 174. More
14 black & white illus. [10] pp. 4to (270 x 215 mm.), printed softcover. Eindhoven: prins bernhard fonds, 1980.
Very scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) catalogue, published to mark the artist receiving the David Röell-Prijs from the Prins Bernhard Fonds in 1980; unknown edition size. It contains reproductions of twelve this way brouwn drawings from 1964 and 1 m, 1 step (1980). Text in English.
In near fine condition; some minor scuffing to the spine and the lower cover
❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More
[12] leaves. 4to (219 x 180 mm.), printed wrappers, staple-bound. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1977.
Scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) exhibition catalogue/artist’s book published for his solo exhibition at Whitechapel; edition of 1000 copies and printed by Westerham Press. The measurements in the catalogue fluctuate between “1000 mm + 876 mm” and “1000 mm + 884 mm.”
Near fine.
❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More
[40] pp. & colophon. Square 4to (155 x 156 mm.), printed softcover. Geneva: Ecole supérieure d’art visuel, 1994.
A very rare Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s book; WorldCat shows no example outside of Switzerland and France. Brouwn was a visiting professor at the institution in 1994, and had an exhibition there of aluminum pieces 9-30 March. The printed calculations within are a mix of meters, steps, ells, feet and their equivalent in centimeters, decreasing from 400 to 178 cm. Much like the ostensibly incorrect computation on the title and first page, the rest throughout the book do not seem accurate.
In... More
Unpaginated. Square 4to (158 x 162 mm.), printed softcover, title on spine. Frankfurt: Portikus; Rotterdam: Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, 1993.
Rare Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s book co-published by Portikus and the Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art; unknown edition size. We locate only a handful of copies in American institutions.
In this publication, Brouwn multiplies meters, ells, steps, and feet on each page, and converts them to centimeters. It was produced on the occasion of the 1993 Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Very good copy; large diagonal crease to the lower cover and a smaller one to the upper... More
Line illus. throughout. [104] pp. Square 4to (156 x 161 mm.), printed white softcover, title on spine. Brussels: Gallery MTL, 1975.
Scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s book, published by Fernand Spillemaeckers’s MTL gallery in Brussels in an edition of 250 copies. This was the second book that the artist made with the gallery, the first was one step 1x-100x (1971). In the present one there are 100 pages with ten vertical lines and “1000 mm” printed above, which in total amounts to the titular measurement.
In near fine condition; some minor discoloration to the extremities.
❧ H. Ruhé, ed.... More
[10] leaves, printed on rectos only. Square 4to (150 x 150 mm.), printed wrappers, staple-bound. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1978.
Scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s book marking his exhibition at Geert van Beijeren and Adriaan van Ravesteijn’s celebrated Art & Project gallery in Amsterdam; edition of 1000 copies.
In excellent condition. We find just four recorded examples in American institutions.
❧ Harry Ruhé, Stanley Brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More